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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Tue Oct 11, 2016, 10:50 AM Oct 2016

Report: Paul Ryan Still Might Ditch Donald Trump

Source: Talking Points Memo

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) is still Hamleting over his support for Donald Trump.

Politico reported that those in Ryan's inner circle say that the speaker is torn between his personal feelings about the tape showing Donald Trump discussing grabbing women by the genitals and his desire to preserve the historic GOP majority in the House of Representatives. Despite months of equivocation, Ryan is still considering formally unendorsing him, according to the report.

Ryan told members on a conference call Monday that he was going to focus the rest of the election season on supporting House members and that he would not campaign with Trump. However, Ryan immediately received push back and criticism from his rank and file members who believed Ryan was essentially handing the election to Hillary Clinton if he took that position.

Ryan's in-between position has earned him criticism on both sides.

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Report: Paul Ryan Still Might Ditch Donald Trump (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2016 OP

Ryan Is Only Interested In Saving His Own Job... global1 Oct 2016 #1

Ryan's own seat should be safe, guess he'll go straight for saving Hortensis Oct 2016 #2

Ryan butters both sides of his bread bucolic_frolic Oct 2016 #3

and now donald is tweeting threats to ryan Botany Oct 2016 #4

Trump is publicly attacking him! How has he NOT withdrawn his endorsement YET? alcibiades_mystery Oct 2016 #6

This is his chance to show any leadership quality he has....and he's blowing it. Again. cbdo2007 Oct 2016 #8

John Boehner says.. What? LakeArenal Oct 2016 #9

Really hoping the hard core abandon the GOP-E on election day Ratty Oct 2016 #10

I went and encouraged them to only vote for Trump Ligyron Oct 2016 #15

Decision expected November 9th rurallib Oct 2016 #11

He's going to make his decision when jcgoldie Oct 2016 #13

might be best for Dems if he continues to equivocate and let this pot boil longer NoMoreRepugs Oct 2016 #12

Paul Ryan's grandchildren, "Grandpa what did you do when Trump tried to destroy our country?" yellowcanine Oct 2016 #14

global1

(25,272 posts)

1. Ryan Is Only Interested In Saving His Own Job...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Oct 11, 2016, 10:57 AM

Oct 2016

He's a coward and won't take a stand behind his convictions. His equivocating on this will further cause divisions within his Party. We are learning as American People that there are no leaders in their Party.

They aren't working for the American People - they are only working for themselves.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

2. Ryan's own seat should be safe, guess he'll go straight for saving

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Oct 11, 2016, 10:59 AM

Oct 2016

the house majority, and thus walk back his comments about abandoning Trump following very bad feedback from the armchair lynch mob.

Call me cynical, but suspect these "leaks" of his moral conflict are just spin to dress up his reputation. He'll be in a lot of biographies and history books.

bucolic_frolic

(43,311 posts)

3. Ryan butters both sides of his bread

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Oct 11, 2016, 11:00 AM

Oct 2016

waffling sycophant

Botany

(70,589 posts)

4. and now donald is tweeting threats to ryan

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Oct 11, 2016, 11:04 AM

Oct 2016

Donald J. Trump ?@realDonaldTrump 14m14 minutes ago
Disloyal R's are far more difficult than Crooked Hillary. They come at you from all sides.
They don’t know how to win - I will teach them!

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump?lang=en

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)

6. Trump is publicly attacking him! How has he NOT withdrawn his endorsement YET?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Oct 11, 2016, 11:20 AM

Oct 2016

Surely, he doesn't think his Democratic opponent has a shpt at Wisconsin-1? How can anybody with a shred of dignity continue to endorse a candidate who is openly attacking him or her?

cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)

8. This is his chance to show any leadership quality he has....and he's blowing it. Again.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Oct 11, 2016, 11:28 AM

Oct 2016

LakeArenal

(28,847 posts)

9. John Boehner says.. What?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Oct 11, 2016, 11:29 AM

Oct 2016

Ratty

(2,100 posts)

10. Really hoping the hard core abandon the GOP-E on election day

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Oct 11, 2016, 11:32 AM

Oct 2016

The disgust with the GOP is at a fever pitch on the loonier right wing sites. I'm praying Donald tweets something along those lines. Please please please. The bind he's put the GOP in is just delicious. They must denounce him and risk alienating their base or not and earn the disgust of the less loony among them. Oh how I hope for more tapes in the month we have left.

Facebook: Vote out EVERY Republican that opposes TRUMP

On edit: I must say I'm tempted to join Facebook just so I can add my comments and urge this movement on. Hmm, maybe we can start an internet campaign to spread the message.